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Sullivan came on in the 85th minute of a 5-1 regular season win over host New England Revolution at the age of 14 years, 293 days.

The previous MLS age record was held by Freddy Adu, who was 13 days older when he made his debut for D.C. United in 2004.

Big congratulations to Calvin Sullivan for making his debut and breaking the record. This peak was hard to fix but he did it. Well done and good luck to him!

Adu wrote on his social media page.

in the history of the major North American men’s sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL). Andrew Bynum The youngest debutant was a basketball player who made his debut with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2005 at the age of 18 years and 6 days.

“It’s really cool to break the record and I’m really enjoying this moment. There will definitely be people younger than me, but maybe I can stay ahead for a while,” said Sullivan, who was born in Philadelphia.

He signed his current contract with the Philadelphia Union in May, with the agreement also including his release to Manchester City when he turns 18.

“I hope I can be at Manchester City’s first-team level by then,” said the attacking midfielder.

Many media outlets have speculated whether Sullivan is the youngest player to play in a major world soccer league. Ethan Nwaneri In 2022, he made his debut for Arsenal in the English top flight at the age of 15 years and 181 days. Francisco Camarda Maintains the record from last season. Participates in the Bundesliga since 2020 Youssoufa Moukoko He lived up to his reputation, first playing for Dortmund when he was 16 years and one day old.

The most recent European champions are the Spanish Ramin Yamal When he made his debut for FC Barcelona, he was already 15 years and 290 days old. In 2004, at the age of 17, Argentine star Lionel Messi made his debut for the Catalan side.

Daniel Gazdag attended Wednesday’s match. Their team is on the road again after a ten-match unbeaten run and is second from the bottom (14th) in the Eastern Conference Main Group standings.

Interestingly, something like this shouldn’t happen in Hungary, and we explain why in detail here.

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